- The Lascaux Cave is one of 25 caves from the Palaeolithic period located in the Vézère Valley—part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
- In 1979, several decorated caves of the Vézère Valley - including the Lascaux cave - were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list .
- In 1983, an exact replica of the Lascaux Cave was opened to the public, titled Lascaux II, set on top of the hill near where the original cave was found.
- First studied by the French archaeologist Henri-Édouard-Prosper Breuil, the Lascaux grotto consists of a main cavern 66 feet wide and 16 feet high.
- Lascaux hayvanları, kompozisyonlarıyla klasiktirler; yokluğu şaşırtıcı olan mamut dışında, genelde mağara resimlerinde mevcut bütün hayvanlar burada da vardır.
- Lascaux II is the facsimile of the original cave. It is an exact copy of the 2 main halls of Lascaux, closed to the public in 1963.
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- Like the Chauvet Cave paintings, Lascaux's cave art was protected by a landslide which sealed off access to the cave around 13,000 BCE.
- 12 Eylül 1940'ta, Lascaux Mağarası'nın girişi 18 yaşındaki Marcel Ravidat tarafından köpeği Robot bir deliğe düştüğünde keşfedildi.
- Mağaraya, yakındaki Lascaux Malikanesi'ne efsanevi bir gizli geçit olabileceğine inandıkları 15 metre derinliğindeki (50 fit) bir kuyudan girdiler.